ẖpꜣ
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /çapˈlaw/ → /çapˈlaw/ → /çəpˈle/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /çɛpɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: khepa
Noun
|
m
- umbilical cord
- c. 1600 BCE, Westcar Papyrus, column 7
- jꜥ.jn.sn sw šꜥd ẖpꜣ.f
- And they washed him after his umbilical cord had been cut.
- Synonym: npꜣw
- c. 1600 BCE, Westcar Papyrus, column 7
- navel
Inflection
Declension of ẖpꜣ (masculine)
| singular | ẖpꜣ |
|---|---|
| dual | ẖpꜣwj |
| plural | ẖpꜣw |
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ϧⲉⲗⲡⲓ (xelpi)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲉⲗⲡⲉ (helpe), ϩⲗⲡⲉ (hlpe)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 297.
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 365.14–365.16
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